In the current climate of economic FREAKOUT, everyone is looking for ways to cut back, stretch their dollar a little further, maybe get creative with classic low-budget foods like ramen and iceberg lettuce. (Believe me, I’ve been there. When we first moved to...

When I was a kid, I tried countless times to make potato pancakes with leftover mashed potatoes. My problem was that there was no internet or Food Network when I was a kid, and I never found a real recipe. So, I would just shape a handful of mashed potatoes into a...

We all know that bacon is a delight to smell, to eat, to look at. Along with coffee and baking cookies, it’s a feast for the senses that makes me feel instantly warm and happy, not to mention hungry. What I failed to notice all these years was the beauty of...

Earlier this year, I decided to stop eating wheat products. Which, although it has made me feel 10 times more healthy, was at first an incredibly difficult transition because I love carbs. Maybe more than I love bacon. And topping my list of carbohydrated favorites?...

Have you heard of Wordle? This is exactly the kind of silly internet program that just tickles me to no end. All you do is go to Wordle and enter in some content, or even just your website’s url, and Wordle uses your content to make a cool image of your most...

I love this painting of a Bacon Sandwich by Ali Spagnola. Each of her paintings has this simple, iconic style about it, and here’s something extra interesting about her…she’s giving away her art. Seriously. Check out her Free Paintings link...

From PBFComics.com Just a little update on my weekend: My husband came home after 9 weeks away on business, so I decided to have a second Thanksgiving for obvious reasons. This time when prepping the turkey, I put an entire stick of bacon butter under the skin! (Look...

If you’re like me, you still haven’t purchased holiday cards to send to your friends and family. Or, maybe you’re considering using the cards you have leftover from last year…mine feature a bottle of Maker’s Mark with a scarf around...

I’m only a recent convert to the Cobb Salad. I grew up in a time and place where salads consisted of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers with any variety of gloopy dressings available, preferably something mayo based in my household. I was probably 21 before...

That Mr. Dave at the Ridiculous Food Society just keeps wowing me! You may remember that in October he made sausage entirely out of bacon, a feat heretofore unheard of. So of course I have to check in on him every once in a while and see what he’s up to. Seems...

Wow, Thanksgiving was fun. What I remember of it, at least. It certainly was a day of indulgence, and enjoying good friends. My gang of merry revelers all pitched in to make it a day of joy-filled memories (and black-outs.) As Naseem mentioned in her Thursday post,...

I know it’s Black Friday and all our regular readers are out there doing their part to fix the economy! For those of you who do your holiday shopping online, don’t forget to check out the RBS Bacon Store for all your quirky gift needs. Remember: No one...

So after years of Marianne raving about Thanksgiving at her house, I am finally going to be attending her feast today. Â I was so excited yesterday (and still am today!) that I spent the evening creating a gift for Marianne Â to thank her for being such a great friend...

Eric at baconbuzz.com (reddit) asked me to let you all know that they’re holding a Thanksgiving Day recipe contest. Just submit your best original Turkey Day bacon recipe by midnight tomorrow and you could win a whole box of goodies from BaconFreak.com....

I can’t believe that we missed this great bacon find! From the talented and creative mind of Megan at NotMartha.org, we present Bacon Curls in a variety of shapes and sizes. Megan is the genius who brought you the Bacon Cup, which was one of our very first...